Movies: We're Back

I’ve heard a lot about 007. Good old James Bond. Last Friday I went to see it in theaters, and I have to admit—it was a big event for me. My first 007 in the theatre. I haven’t really seen much of the famous spy, but I figured it was a good place to start (especially since Lincoln wasn’t out yet). I’ll be honest, I’m not much of a rough-and-tumble action sort of guy when it comes to my preferred types of movies. Normally I’m more of a comedy man, but 007 caught my eye (and my friends insisted).

Skyfall starts with Bond on a mission to recover a hard drive with some information about spies in secret agencies encrypted onto it. Failing to recover this data, and in a horrible accident, Bond is shot while riding on a train and falls into a river (hence, a cliché reference to the name, but not the true reason for the title). Bond, a couple of months later, comes back into the scene again after MI6 is attacked by a terrorist organization, and soon finds himself embroiled in international spy warfare once again.

Seeing that I have no background on Bond except for my small memories of some classics and what I know from the parodies that Austin Powers left me with, this is a really broken Bond. I kind of remember seeing Bond as the perfect guy—this one is almost defeated, weaker… not perfect. He’s real. This lends a lot more feelings to the story, especially since the franchise is 50 years old now, and needs something to keep it going. Daniel Craig proves how smooth, and chunk he can be. However, I will say that there is a noticeable lack of gadgets, which although saddening, is much more real. I gave Bond a 8.25/10. Not the best movie I ever saw, but certainly entertaining, and a fairly nice plot for an action-y movie.

--Santa

PS: Coming up soon will be some new posts. Expect some LoL news, a bit of talking on Saxxy’s, and of course, Halo 4.